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Submitted by BronxKnit on Tue, 2007-03-13 20:39

Hello Y'all

Long time reader, first time poster. My Girlfriend got me into knitting when she decided I needed a healthy and constructive outlet for my holiday stress this past Christmas; as such I have been knitting since 12/28/06. I have completed some projects (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13403465@N00/sets/72157594525789008/) and would love some feed-back.

I am currently working on my first sock, and I have strategic yarn reserves that I have been coached to call my "stash".

I am always fond of backpacks and messenger bags for long term projects, but have recently settled on on of the log cabin blankets in Mason Dixon Knitting as my big summer project. with a goal to have it done by fall.

It seems like all my friends are having kids, so I have a waiting list of baby blankets to do. This is a good quick pattern on size 50 with four strands of yarn.

And you can never have enough hats.

Please remember: I have a collection of needles and a history of violence

Please remember: I have a collection of needles and a history of violence

I followed (roughly) the pattern for the coffee cup cozy out of "...with balls". I took a basic "endless wave" pattern and with the help of some graph paper sketched out a 20 stitch by 20 stitch block with a two stitch per needle decrease half way down. It took some doing, but it was worth it. I used variegated yarns to make the waves, except for the bottom run which was a solid raspberry. Then grabbing my trusty number three DPN's (far more fragile than I think they are supposed to be) I cast on sixty stitches and off I went. I got it done in a day, complete with frogging down to the beginning when an early mistake led to later disaster (as it appeared in my mind; really it was not so bad)

I would suggest trying it out, it is easy enough and really makes things much more personal.